Silicone IOL Calcification in Eyes with Asteroid Hyalosis
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Title: Silicone IOL Calcification in Eyes with Asteroid Hyalosis
Author: Jack Stringham, MSIV
Date: 08/17/2011
Keywords/Main Subjects: Silicone IOL; Asteroid hyalosis; IOL calcification; Hydrophilic acrylic IOLs
Diagnosis: IOL calcification
Brief Description: This is a research report of the pathology of silicone IOLs found to have calcifications and correlates calcification with presence or absence of asteroid hyalosis in the affected eye. A comparison is also undertaken between calcification of silicone and hydrophobic acrylic IOLs.
Format: video
Series: Moran Eye Center Grand Rounds
Identifier: Moran_CORE_15864
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